I know i have made a similar thread lately but a different fella wants an affordable gaming rig. This was my rough my build based on components i've been reading up on lately.
 
i5-2500k $230
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 $160
EVGA geforce 560 ti FPB $250
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 $100
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 $50
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7502AAEX 750GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" $140
Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid $65
Windows 7 OEM - $110
 
Total(including shipping) = $1200
 
It comes up $200 over the budget. He'd rather have his build less than $1000 (lil over doesn't hurt too much).
 
The games he currently plays are League of Legends and Starcraft 2. But he plays Call of Duty of consoles and might want to try shooters such as BF3 on his rig. But he's not a hardcore gamer per say. So i was thinking an AMD build might be a good option for him? I heard the FM1 chipsets have REALLY good integrated graphics which we could try for his not-so-demanding games such as LoL and SC2 then get a GPU whenever he feels like it. Also, it is my understanding AMD have some really interesting options for affordable gaming rig?
 
If any of you would be interesting in sharing your ideas over this, it would be greatly appreciated. I have very little knowledge of AMD, as you can see.